My name is Kathy Grant and I am a Certified Barton Tutor. I am certified through the Masters level, which means all 10 levels of the Barton Reading & Spelling System. I work with students of all ages, starting at 5.5 years.
Reading is a skill. Just like riding a bike, hitting a ball, and swimming, reading is a skill that needs to be mastered. For 80% of the population, after a year or two of learning to read, they are off and reading books on their own. However, for the other 20% of the population, no matter how hard they work or practice in school and at home, they cannot seem to master the skill of reading.
My hope is that this blog will be a place of encouragement, inspiration, answered questions and most of all, a place of hope for the struggling reader, of any age, and their family.